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Trends in screen time on week and weekend days in a representative sample of Southern Brazil students
Author(s) -
Alessandra Santos Lopes,
Kelly Samara da Silva,
Valter Cordeiro Barbosa Filho,
Jorge Bezerra,
Elusa Santina Antunes de Oliveira,
Markus Vinı́cius Nahas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdt133
Subject(s) - video game , screen time , psychological intervention , demography , weekend effect , sample (material) , confidence interval , medicine , psychology , geography , multimedia , physical activity , sociology , computer science , nursing , physical therapy , chemistry , chromatography
Economic and technological improvements can help increase screen time use among adolescents, but evidence in developing countries is scarce. The aim of this study was to examine changes in TV watching and computer/video game use patterns on week and weekend days after a decade (2001 and 2011), among students in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil.

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